An energy ministry staffer directed the Ontario Power Authority to hold off from disclosing potentially relevant documents on the $230 million decision to cancel two gas plants, an internal OPA letter, obtained by the Progressive Conservatives, says.

Welfare recipients should be paid a portion of their support with a smart debit card that can’t be used for anything but food, a new policy paper released Thursday by Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak recommends.

One was supposed to be second and came in first and one was supposed to be first and came in second but both Sandra Pupatello and Kathleen Wynne are happy with their delegate counts going into the Liberal leadership convention.

Ontario continues to let millions in potential energy savings go by the wayside — while at the same time pursuing expensive power projects that need to be forced on unwilling residents, environmental commissioner Gord Miller said Tuesday.